An El Tor cholera outbreak in Maldah district, West Bengal

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-52

  Gupta, D N ^a   Sarkar, B L ^a   Bhattacharya, M K ^a   Sengupta, P G ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLERA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0033085904     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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